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"Heartlines Spec is an online speculative magazine focused on long-term friendships and relationships. It's the comfort of the known, the fierce hug of someone that knows you best."
Introduction
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Response Time
14-51 days / 9 days
Average acceptance rate
0%

Need to know for submitting

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      Simultaneous submissions

      Yes

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      Previously published

      No

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      Payment

      $60-280 CAD

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      Fee

      No

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      Expedited response

      No

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      Available in print

      No

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      Provide contributor copies

      No

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      Examples online

      No

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      Active on social media

      Yes

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    Important stuff

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    How to submit 🏗️

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    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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    Awards

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    Demographics & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Types of Submissions Accepted

2 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Give us deep space, dusty frontiers, or dreamy fantasy. We want poetry with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy.

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Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Give us deep space, dusty frontiers, or dreamy fantasy. We want stories with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy.

fantasy

lgbtq

scienceFiction

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Give us deep space, dusty frontiers, or dreamy fantasy. We want poetry with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 3500

Max pieces: 1

Give us deep space, dusty frontiers, or dreamy fantasy. We want stories with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy.

fantasy

lgbtq

scienceFiction

Magazine

Founded in 2022 | Canada

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Rebecca Bennett
Editor-in-Chief
Heather Clitheroe
Senior Editor
Jess Cho
Senior Editor
Emily Yu
Reader
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

7

Average acceptance rate

0% (so far)

Average response time

9 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

-/9 days

Fastest response time

3 days

Slowest response time

14 days